Labor Economist: AI May Bring a Boom in Horrible Jobs
Losing jobs isn’t the only thing workers have to worry about. AI may make many jobs worse.
Read more...Losing jobs isn’t the only thing workers have to worry about. AI may make many jobs worse.
Read more...Ant-technology action, or technotage, seems to be increasing. Is this a trend or just coincidence?
Read more...Some promising approaches to reducing gun violence.
Read more...Why a story on the abuse of private power, here a security guard beating up the homeless on public property, does not go far enough.
Read more...An increasing number of workers are unable to afford a summer holiday.
Read more...Angus Deaton returns to his deaths of despair theme, with updated data and a pointed critique of the role of Chicago School libertarians.
Read more...Gramsci encourages movements to pursue wide-ranging interventions, but always to unite them as part of a common program to transform society.
Read more...Economists begin to admit that their models are wrong when it comes to anti-rent control arguments.
Read more...Some thoughts on the rapid decline in operational capabilities, or why tons of people, particularly those in charge, are no good at their jobs
Read more...Rob Urie makes a reasoned, data-backed case that the tools used in supposed democracies to enforce class standing merit the label of fascism
Read more...DoorDash behaves badly via selective non-compliance with a new law setting pay rules for food delivery workers.
Read more...Satyajit Das concludes his series on the future of energy by looking at curbing demand, aka radical conseration.
Read more...An engaging discussion of science-adjacent scintism, including Theranos. glysophate, Golden Rice, and rewilding.
Read more...Will coming energy crunch roll back women’s gains?
Read more...Another push for a minimum wage boost. The gap between the $17 target and the current level of $7.25 an hour is a yawning chasm.
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